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Yunnan is a showpiece of China’s many
natural wonders. Rugged, wild, unspoiled, and ancient, history’s
story comes alive in the snowy peaks of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain,
the unfathomably deep abyss of Tiger Leaping Gorge, the imagination
inspiring limestone columns of the Stone Forest, and the vast
high-altitude meadow of the Dry Sea.
The story of Yunnan’s people is no less varied or wondrous.
The ebb and flow of time raised cities, toppled kingdoms,
and left behind a blend of cultures as diverse as the continent.
A treasure trove of beauty. An undiscovered jewel. Paradise
for the romantic, the adventurous, and those looking for a
unique experience. A visit to Yunnan is a story you’ll
tell forever.
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Among the picturesque cities of China, Yunnan is the
excellent of Beautiful Clouds in the South with the
ranges from mountains to tropical rainforests that is
home to a numerous of plants and animals, including
the rare ones. It shares a border of 4,060 km with Myanmar,
Laos and Vietnam. ...
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see cultural attractions and natural wonders whose
impressiveness is only enhanced by names so perfect
they could only be Chinese: Tiger Leaping Gorge,
the Stone Forest, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, and
Three-Course-Tea Singing and Dancing Show. Read
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For many
hundreds of years, the Chinese considered the province
of Yunnan a backward and wild place - cut off from the
rest of the country by harsh mountains. Read
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When wars
in its northern territories denied the 12th century Song
Dynasty of it usual horse breeding grounds, it was to
Yunnan that the Emperor looked.
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The Naxi
are a proud, if small, ethnic group and have held on to
many of their traditions, despite the encroachment of
modern life. One such tradition is what many would consider
the reversal of typical gender roles. Read
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The Stone
Forest is a creation of prehistory. In the Permian period
- roughly 270 million years ago - the earth flexed its
muscles, caused an ocean to drain and the limestone seabed
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The local
name for this prefecture, 750km south west of Kunming,
is "Sip song pan na," which is Thai for "Twelve
thousand rice fields." Read
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